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The Twilight Sad announce details of their hugely anticipated sophomore 'Forget The Night Ahead' album. Already trailed by opener 'Reflections Of The Television' - which dropped on Pitchfork during May, and forthcoming single 'I Became A Prostitute' on August 3rd, the new album will be released in the UK on 5th October.

In lyrical terms 'Forget The Night Ahead' is a darker set even than it's hallowed predecessor 'Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters', James Graham's portentous knack for unsettling lines, giving muforcefully delivered in his own Caledonian burr remaining very much on point. Speaking to Clashmusic.com at the start of the year James cautioned; "As with the last record, we aren't ch away with the themes because we like the listener to relate the songs back themselves and maybe try and figure it all out on their own. Plus, it's personal. I would like to keep it close to my chest. What I will say is that it's lyrically based around where we live, people we know, and the antics I have got up to and the situations I have found myself in, and being none too proud of myself. It's also about finding and losing people, friends and loved ones ." And to The Skinny: “We have definitely moved on from 'Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters', musically and lyrically." Guitarist Andy MacFarlane concurs "It is a step forward from the first record, the song writing and the sound of the band has moved on from that time, which is something we'll always try and do, we don't want to ever stand still and make records that sound like each other."

Produced and mixed by ex-Delgados' man Paul Savage and guitarist Andy MacFarlane at the legendary Chem19 Studios in Glasgow, musically too, the new record is no less tumultuous, MacFarelane's distinctive tremelo'd guitar creating seismic shifts between melancholy introspection and explosive release, the cacophony broadening to accommodate the band's most melodic and yet also most thrillingly discordant moments yet. Here the influence of artists like early 80's Cure, Neu, Wire or even Shellac are just as prominent as longer-standing comparisons to MBV or Joy Division. The album also features the talents of ex-Aerogramme member, Dok, who also contributes guitar and keys to the live line-up, and My Latest Novel's Laura McFarlane who plays violin on 'The Room' and 'That Birthday Present'.

Listen:

The Twilight Sad - "Here It Never Snowed. Afterwards, It Did" (mp3)

Labels: press release, the twilight sad

Currently on tour with Neko Case, Crooked Fingers blog from the road sharing bits and pieces about the okra, biscuits and hoecakes.

Crooked Fingers - "Phony Revolutions" (mp3)

Tour Dates w/ Neko Case:
4-07 Mymandi Concert Hall, Carrboro NC
4-08 9:30 Club, Washington D.C.
4-09 IOTA Club & Cafe, Arlington VA
4-10 Keswick Theatre Glenside PA
4-11 Berklee Performance Center, Boston MA
4-13 Nokia Theatre, New York NY
4-14 The Bell House, Brooklyn NY (w/ Wye Oak)
4-16 Le National, Montreal QC
4-17 Trinity St. Paul's United Church, Toronto ON
4-18 Trinity St. Paul's United Church, Toronto ON
4-20 State Theater of Ithaca, Ithaca NY
4-21 Allen Theatre, Cleveland OH
4-22 Charleston Civic Center, Charleston WV
4-23 Newport Music Hall, Columbus OH
4-24 Chicago Theatre, Chicago IL
4-25 Riverside Theater, Milwaukee WI
4-26 State Theatre, Minneapolis MN

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The Twilight Sad herald the arrival of brand new material in the late summer with a Great Escape show and a short run of dates, including three Stag & Dagger events in London, Leeds and Glasgow.

Currently putting the finishing touches to their eagerly anticipated follow up to 2007's astonishing 'Fourteen Autumns And Fifteen Winters' album, the band take to the road with Mogwai in the US ahead of the UK dates.

Look out for a first taster of the as-yet-untitled new album in May when a track from the forthcoming album will be circulated online for free.

Labels: Crooked Fingers, the twilight sad